ἀποκρύπτω
apokrýptō · G613 · Greek · 4 occurrences
Meanings
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to keep secret, to conceal
To cause something to remain unknown, with the implication of concealment and inaccessibility
ExamplesLuke 10:21 At that very time He rejoiced greatly in the Holy Spirit, and said, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to infants. Yes, Father, for doing so was well pleasing in Your sight.
Colossians 1:26 that is, the mystery which had been hidden from the past ages and generations, but now has been revealed to His saints,
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
4 occurrences in 2 groups
- Not stated (participle) 3
- Not stated: you (one person) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- οὗτοςthis 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 4 groups
- ἐνin+ θεόςGod 1
- ἀπόfrom+ αἰώνage, forever 1
- ἀπόfrom+ σοφόςwise 1
- ἀπόfrom+ συνετόςintelligent 1
Named alongside itApposition
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- μυστήριονsecret, mystery 2
- σοφίαwisdom 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- παρακαλύπτω parakalýptō · G3871 · to cause to not be known, to hide, to conceal
- Both verbs express concealment or hiding, though παρακαλύπτω emphasizes the covering/veiling aspect while ἀποκρύπτω emphasizes complete concealment or keeping away from view. The attestation for παρακαλύπτω is limited to a single occurrence, making this relationship register-scoped rather than broadly demonstrable across the New Testament corpus.
In the other Testament 1 word
- סָתַר çâthar · H5641 · to be hidden, to hide oneself
- Hebrew סָתַר denotes concealing or hiding in a broad range of contexts (physical hiding, secrecy, divine protection), while Greek ἀποκρύπτω specifically emphasizes complete concealment (the prefix ἀπο- intensifying 'away, fully') and frequently carries figurative/theological overtones of divine secrets kept hidden from certain parties (Matthew 11:25, Luke 10:21).
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To keep secret, to conceal28.80
- In Colossians 1:26, Paul speaks of “the mystery which had been hidden (apokekrymménon) from the past ages and generations, but now has been revealed to His saints,” describing something deliberately kept out of view until its appointed disclosure.
Word family 8 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : 1 aorist ἀπεκρυψα; perfect passive participle ἀποκεκρυμμενος; a. to hide: τί, Mt 25:18…
a. to hide: τί, Mt 25:18 (L T Tr WH ἔκρυψε).
b. Passive in the sense of concealing, keeping secret: σοφία, 1 Cor 2:7; μυστήριον, Col 1:26 (opposed to φανερουσθαι); with the addition of ἐν τῷ Θεῷ, Eph 3:9; τί ἀπό τίνος, Lk 10:21; Mt 11:25 (L T Tr WH ἔκρυψας), in imitation of the Hebrew מִן, Ps 37:10; Ps 118:19; Jer 39:17; cf. κρύπτω (Buttmann, 149 (130); 189 (163); Winers Grammar, 227 (213)). (In Greek writings from Homer down.)
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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